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The names of the planets of our solar system come from Roman gods whose attributes were identified with the planet now bearing their name. Roman gods were often derivative of Greek gods with similar attributes. Roman, Greek and Mesopotamian-Babylonian mythology names for the planet-gods are given below. This Greek mythology Pictures and Stories page and much of this 600-page website are excerpted from You and the Universe, a personalized fine art book on astrology, mythology and astronomy through which the recipient's complete astrological reading is woven. |
Mesopotamian |
Roman name | Greek name | description |
Shamash | Sol | Apollo | god of the Sun, law, the arts, music, healing, medicine, led the 9 Muses |
Sin | Diana | Artemis | goddess of the Moon and the hunt; twin sister to Apollo by Zeus and Leto |
Enci | Tellus | Gaia | mother Earth and first of all the gods; gave birth to and married Uranus |
Nebo/Nabu | Mercury | Hermes | messenger god, god of thought, speech, trickery, thieves, and commerce |
Ishtar | Venus | Aphrodite | goddess of love and beauty, wife of Hephaestus; "Aphrodite" means "foam born," from the foam of Uranus' castrated genitals Saturn cast into the sea |
Nergal | Mars | Ares | god of war; son of Zeus and Hera, but hated by Zeus; lover of Venus |
Marduk | Jupiter | Zeus | king of the gods; god of thunder & lightning, defeated Saturn and Titans |
Ninurta | Saturn | Chronos | Jupiter's father; ruler of Titans; ate his children; castrated his father Uranus |
Anu | Uranus | Ouranos | Saturn's father; Gaia's husband; god of sky & heavens, castrated by Saturn |
Hea | Neptune | Poseidon | Jupiter's brother; god of the sea; created horses; greedy and quarrelsome |
Ereshkigal |
Pluto* | Hades | brother of Jupiter and Neptune; god of death; lived in Hades, the underworld |
*Dis was actually the Roman counterpart of Hades, god of the dead. Plutus was the Roman god of wealth and counterpart of the Greek Ploutos (Πλοῦτος) for the riches found under the Earth's surface. |
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